I went two years ago during CP and I remember it being manageable except for on Main Street, and even there they had CM's keeping the foot traffic moving so it was still pretty quick to get in and out of the park. I agree that it was very difficult to maneuver around Main Street if you were trying to do anything other than enter or leave the park, but other than that I don't remember a crowd problem. In fact I remember most FL rides being walk on shortly after CP and Pirates was walk on toward the end of the night. I don't remember what other lines were like, but it can't have been too bad because we kept riding, and I have a low tolerance for lines. I also don't think it fills to capacity, or if it does the closure doesn't last long, because I have distinct memories of entering DL during the CP one of the nights.
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Christmas Parade?
College Program?
I'm googling like crazy trying to figure this one out, checking the Disneyland schedule, I got nuthin'
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This is not true. Disneyland has never hit capacity during Candlelight (at least in the last 8 years I have been attending.) Main St is very crowded, but once you get off Main St to the Lands, it is very manageable.I strongly recommend avoiding both parks during CP. Crowds are so insane that it can take over an hour to simply cross Main Street. Disneyland will fill to capacity and the overflow will go to DCA.
This is not true. Disneyland has never hit capacity during Candlelight (at least in the last 8 years I have been attending.) Main St is very crowded, but once you get off Main St to the Lands, it is very manageable.
Last year, due to the heavy congestion with Candlelight set up, when the 2nd the parade was getting out, and the Candlelight guests were lining up, they did hold the turnstiles for about 10 mins, simply to allow crowd flow. They restrict traffic to a one way flow. They open the back stage area for entering and exiting the parks. But if you head to Tomorrowland, Frontierland, or anywhere other than Main St, the park is normal. (Last year wait before Candlelight started was 10-15 mins for Star Tours and Space Mountain.
Would you reccommend DCA on a CP evening? Or is it a nightmare because everyone is trying to avoid the crowds at DL?
I agree with the above. We hopped back and forth and I don't remember running into unusual crowds at either park other than trying to navigate on main street itself (we were trying to meet up with friends and the one-way traffic meant they had to loop around a couple times before they found us). I don't remember specifically how crowded DCA was that day but I know we went there for the afternoon and first part of the evening and we were fine. I don't expect there will be low crowds (it's still a weekend during holiday time), but I don't think CP alone will make a big difference, based on my limited experience.Would you reccommend DCA on a CP evening? Or is it a nightmare because everyone is trying to avoid the crowds at DL?
We went five years ago and with the exception of the crowd at Main Street I didn't find it that bad. But that year it went many days so we could have had very different experiences.We went during CP weekend about 5 years ago. It was miserable all day long. You couldn't even walk down Main Street.
I had a six week old baby at the time so everything may have seemed worse.......I was crazy to go with a baby that young!We went five years ago and with the exception of the crowd at Main Street I didn't find it that bad. But that year it went many days so we could have had very different experiences.